Evidence management method, evidence management system, and node

Abstract

In a distributed ledger system including nodes of a plurality of organizations, a smart contract of a distributed ledger node of each of the organizations refers to information made open to the public in a public area, the information being related to an evidence held in a private area of each of the plurality of organizations, and in response to a trigger event of the information's meeting a given condition, executes a process of making the evidence open to the public in the public area, the evidence being held in the private area of an organization to which the smart contract belongs.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An evidence management method carried out in a distributed ledger system including nodes of a plurality of organizations, wherein a smart contract of each of the plurality of organizations refers to information made open to public in a public area, the information being related to an evidence held in a private area of each of the plurality of organizations, and in response to a trigger event of the information's meeting a given condition, executes a process of making the evidence open to the public in the public area, the evidence being held in the private area of an organization to which the smart contract belongs,
 wherein, in carrying out transparent and appropriate collection of evidences across the plurality of organizations, a result of the execution of the process is inputted to a processor to control, in a non-centralized manner, timing of making the evidence open to the public between the organizations. 
 
     
     
       2. The evidence management method according to  claim 1 , wherein the smart contract executes prescribed data processing, using the evidence made open to the public in the public area. 
     
     
       3. The evidence management method according to  claim 2 , wherein the smart contract confirms at execution of the data processing that a calculated value given by a certain calculation procedure, based on the evidence held in the private area, matches a calculated value included in or based on the information made open to the public in the public area. 
     
     
       4. The evidence management method according to  claim 1 , wherein when holding the evidence in the private area, the smart contract manages the evidence in a state of being combined with a unique value unique to each organization. 
     
     
       5. The evidence management method according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the smart contract issues an event of open-to-public starting of the evidence, as a process of making the evidence open to the public, and 
 in response to the event of open-to-public starting, an agent node of each of the plurality of organizations executes a process of making the evidence open to the public in the public area. 
 
     
     
       6. The evidence management method according to  claim 5 , wherein when making the evidence open to the public, the smart contract or a subgroup created in advance according to a predetermined rule executes the process of making the evidence open to the public and the data processing within the subgroup, and makes a result of the data processing open to other subgroups. 
     
     
       7. The evidence management method according to  claim 5 , wherein after issuing the event of open-to-public starting, the smart contract rejects making the information on the evidence open to the public in the public area or updating the information, or adds information at a timing of being made open to the public or updated after issuance of the event of open-to-public starting, to the information. 
     
     
       8. The evidence management method according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the smart contract issues a provisional event of evidence open-to-public starting in response to the trigger event, as a process of making the evidence open to the public, and 
 in response to the provisional event, the agent node confirms the evidence open-to-public starting following consensus making between the plurality of organizations, thus issuing the event of open-to-public starting. 
 
     
     
       9. The evidence management method according to  claim 5 , wherein
 when, as a result of the each of the plurality of organizations' making the evidences open to the public in the public area, a status of making the evidences open to the public meets a given condition, the smart contract issues a provisional event of starting the data processing, and 
 in response to the provisional event, an agent node of a given organization carries out the data processing following consensus making between the plurality organizations. 
 
     
     
       10. An evidence management system, embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, serving as a distributed ledger system including nodes of a plurality of organizations, wherein a smart contract of each of the organizations refers to information made open to public in a public area, the information being related to an evidence held in a private area of each of the plurality of organizations, and in response to a trigger event of the information's meeting a given condition, executes a process of making the evidence open to the public in the public area, the evidence being held in the private area of an organization to which the smart contract belongs,
 wherein, in carrying out transparent and appropriate collection of evidences across the plurality of organizations, a result of the execution of the process is inputted to a processor to control, in a non-centralized manner, timing of making the evidence open to the public between the organizations. 
 
     
     
       11. A node, embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, that is one of nodes of a plurality of organizations making up a distributed ledger system, the node holding a smart contract that refers to information made open to public in a public area, the information being related to an evidence held in a private area of each of the plurality of organizations, and that in response to a trigger event of the information's meeting a given condition, executes a process of making the evidence open to the public in the public area, the evidence being held in the private area of an organization to which the smart contract belongs,
 wherein, in carrying out transparent and appropriate collection of evidences across the plurality of organizations, a result of the execution of the process is inputted to a processor to control, in a non-centralized manner, timing of making the evidence open to the public between the organizations.